The Anti-Bucket List

I have a Life List - a sort of bucket list of things I'd like to do at some point in my life. I hope you do too. My list is incomplete and I really should work on adding to it because I believe it's really important to have goals. But, in the meantime...my friend Melissa over at Rock and Drool inspired me with a different kind of list. The ANTI-Bucket list. A list of things I would never, ever, not in 10 billion years, want to do.

I love Melissa's list and agree with everything on it. Except maybe the baby thing. A small part of me wouldn't totally hate it if I were to become pregnant again by some miracle. And it would take a miracle, trust me. But I promised her I would think of different things for my list. I mean, it wouldn't be much fun just to copy.

Here's what's on my anti-bucket list:

• Become a chef. Cooking is not my thing. Just ask my family. I can follow a recipe and all, but I don't like the process of cooking, or of thinking up my own way of preparing a meal, or anything related to it. Except dessert. Dessert I'm all over. I simply cannot envision a world in which I have mastered cooking and people actually let me cook for them in a professional setting.
• Work in the medical profession. The sight of needles makes me feel feint. I can't even...ugh no, no, no. This is unfortunate because I think something medical could be a great career for me as a parent. But there is no way I could be involved with blood, needles, bodily waste, people's insides, surgeries, none of it.
• Sing in front of other people. Whether doing karaoke in front of a bunch of drunk people, or getting up on a stage in front of hundreds of people like my husband regularly does, I just could not, would not sing in front of anyone. I might sing along to the radio now and then, or sing my kids a silly song, but I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to be belting it out and showing off my (non-existent) vocal skills. No way, no how.
• Fly a plane. Nope. Not ever gonna happen. I will never find myself in any kind of pilot capacity. I will also never be jumping out of a plane, but I feel that this one is so obvious that I'll bunch it in with "fly a plane".
• Go to space. Listen, did you see Gravity? If that didn't squelch any fantasy you ever had about becoming a great space explorer, well I don't even know how to relate to you.
• Get a facelift. I know I'm not quite at the age yet to be worrying about such things, but aging is okay with me. I don't expect to look 30 when I'm 60. I do not want a doctor to be re-configuring my face. I'll do my part with the sunscreen, and the rest...so be it.
• Eat strange animals, organs, and other disgusting things. I don't want my own show on the Food Network. I'm a vegetarian anyway, but if for some reason I ever start eating meat again, it won't be lamb brains or kangaroos or anything like that. 
• Become a professional bodybuilder. I'm all for women being strong and athletic, but the whole female bodybuilder thing doesn't suit me. I do not want to look masculine with huge bulging muscles. I like feminine curves and softness. If that is your thing, good for you! You're probably way healthier than me. But for me, no thanks.
• Do one of those crazy food challenges. I recently went to Melt Bar and Grilled in Cleveland, where, for a mere $30, customers can eat a gigantic grilled cheese sandwich, complete with 16 slices of cheese, french fries (on the sandwich) and 3.5 pounds of coleslaw (also ON the sandwich). And if they finish, they get a t-shirt and their picture in the hall of fame. Uh, no thanks. Even if you pay me, I have no desire to eat until I'm sick, and then force myself to eat more.
• Become Amish. Is this even a thing? Is it possible to become Amish, or does one need to be born into it? Well anyway, I can sort of see the appeal of a simpler way of life. But at the same time I love modern amenities way too much. And not wearing bonnets and ankle length dresses. No offense to the Amish, who I guess would not be reading this because, well, you know. Anyway. No Amish life for me. I could live fairly primitively for a couple months if I had to, but I'd have my iPhone with me. 

This list was fun to make! I would love to know what's on YOUR anti-bucket list! Leave me a comment below or comment over on the MichiGal Facebook page!